SRCIP is a strategic initiative that aims to achieve regional integration among the members of the SASEC group by improving road connectivity within the North Bengal-North Eastern Region in India.

• The members of SASEC group are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal.
• The project is being developed with Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) loan assistance under the South Asian Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Road Connectivity Investment Program.
• It aims at upgradation of road infrastructure in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and India (BBIN) in order to improve the regional connectivity.
• The project corridor is also a part of the Asian Highway No. 01 (AH01). 

It will fulfil India’s “Look East” Policy and acts as India’s Gateway to the East. It was recently in news as the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave go ahead to upgradation and widening of Imphal-Moreh section of NH-39 in Manipur part of this initiative.